The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 1941, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941 A - 1 , Today In History | Today's Birthdays ‘MEMORY OF THE Moon ‘KEY WEST IN by Jeanne Bowma: DAYS GONE BY XYESTERVAY: The Caorilios figure, ‘ay trousers, swallow- aR invite the Taylors to dinner. |tefled chat and derby. The man ‘Happenings On This Date Ten Pedro observes John’s calm pos- | stood, legs wide apart, hands in The spirit of moderation, coupled with displayed by Colonel Ful- gencio Batista early this month in putting swift action, | 1793—Historic Chisholm ys. | Georgia decision by U.S. Su-| Wendell L. Willkie, |publican Presidential 1940 Re- L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher candidate, JOE ALLEN, Business Manager | CONSTITUTIONAL CUBA | | | From The Citizen Building ner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Ne per in Key West and Florida, assecond class matter Member of the Associated Press ted Press is exclusively entitled to use ublication of all news dispatches credited to 1 etherwise credited in this paper and also | lished here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE ing notices, rds of thanks, resolutions of bituary notices, ete. ¥ il be charged. for at 10 cents a line enter e is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ion of public issues and subjects of local or general it it will not publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. 3each and Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. | 4 ~A Modern City Hospital. Advertising is the first step in salesmanship. good To many motorists, the other human beings of the world are simply ‘obstruc- tions of the traffic. While in a wondering mood, we won- der if England wins what will she charge us for keeping Hitler from our shores! It seems. as if the Tunks murder will not be solved and remain a mystery unless there.ever is a voluntary confession, Undoubtedly Hitler will make another and ‘ore definite drive to invade England. He will fail and that failure may spell the end Of the dictator's rise. An Eastern college professor says a man will enjoy life as long as he finds the world amusing. And it will be amusing as | long’as there are professors. ‘ aa Stock market profits are low, though business is best ever. Most of them are tagged, ‘Profits progress held back by higher taxes.” As to taxes, the investor | ain't Seen anything yet—“caveat emptor.” Now we have two reasons to remember | 1776. We have heard much of the spirit of'| 1776, now we are hearing, and plenty, of the Lend-Lease Bill No. 1776. . It seems that nment by churches from which | | tection both to the rebel leaders izen is an open forum and invites discus- | ' down a revolution without the shedding of a drop of blood has won for him the ap- | plause of democratic jeaders throughout | the world. | Exactly what happened between the time the president suddenly assumed full | power over the army and navy tmtil rebel leaders arrived unharmed in Miami is told in reports reaching Berardo Rodriguez, Cuban consul in Key West. Batista apparently had behind him the full support of the Cuban populace and As the report put it: “Thanks to his quick and effective action, there was not the slightest disturbance of order any- where in the country, before, during nor after the president decided to act.” With the revolution crushed before it had a chance to begin, Batista gave his pro- and to their families. All of them were quietly sent out of the country. Cuba’s fight to preserve constitutional government without at the same time per- foot by the agents of other countries is much | country, particularly in the South, | some seven million sufferers found relief as M the god of war, always gets a lot of publicity, One of the best arguments against the | cross.state canal as a defense project which ‘we have seen is that if 200 million dollars pent digging the canal there'll be just that much less to spend on airplanes and warships.—Sanford Herald. We could agree with the above if the Administration were economically-minded. The Clyde-Mallory Lines discontinued their ship service from New York to Texas this month, after having operated that line ontinuously i4 years, Vice-President I says that the business on that reports the company is doing a fine business with its New York The Clyde-Mallory is one of ar of all American lines, for route no longer pays, but he + how operating between d Florida, Roosevelt and Wer ment that five or even England each ry of the Navy Knox said “further deple- ates fleet by transfer We still have what we think, so we think sent to at he opposed United the British. the Navy is right for Great Britain may mean weakening our own d nse for which are expending billions. like the same problem in the United States. In Cuba, Batista issued a decree “prohibit- \'ing all organizations and activities tending | to democracy protection discredit the undermine and while taking advantage of | offered by democratic toleration.” | iE Articles in the decree might well have been designed to control some of our own subversive elements. They prohibit, among other things, any association or organiza- tion having international political connec- tions which lends its efforts to winning pro- selytes against the republican, representa- tive regime; the use of banners, emblems, insignias, mottoes or other distinguishing marks of a nature contrary to the regime of the present government; acceptance of money or gifts from a foreign power, or from a person, firm or organization, domes- tic or foreign to further a campaign against the established regime. Cut off the money and the trick uni- forms of our own Bund members and Com- munists and you would have them pretty well slowed down. DR. CHARLES W. STILES One of the world’s greatest benefac- tors, whose name was hardly known out- side of medical and scientific circles, was removed from the earthly scene in the re- cent death of Dr. Charies Warren Stiles, at the age of 73. It was Dr. Stiles who discovered hook- worm disease, and was mainly instrumental in eradicating it from large sections of the where a result of his pioneer labors. Like many another great scientist, Dr. Stiles encountered much opposition and even ridicule in his early efforts to establish the truth of his epochai discovery of the parasite hookworm, which was sapping the vitality of vast numbers of Southern people, both white and.black. But by his persistence, and the aid of the Rockefeller commission for eradication of hoowworm disease, his theory was vindicated, and one of the finest achievements in medical annals was the re- sult. Dr. Stiles was a native of Spring Val- ley, N. Y., and received his leading universities of America and Europe, one of the world’s leading zoologists. He specialized in parasitic diseases of men and animals, and his great work in connection with hookworm disease through education in becoming was only one phase of his scientific activities during a long and useful life. ISOLATION A COSTLY FAILURE the World War, present war the end of he beginning of tile in Europe, the United States % lation in regard to From 1918, until followed ically no one now believes isolation will protect this cou or assure its safety. We are now engaged in a de- fense program that will cost more thz 000,000,000 n $30.- isolation had been suc we would have avoided most ¢ As it i is one ado If the policy of cessful enormous expense elude that isolation pensive policies ever erjean people. | when he found it necessary to act, he did so : ‘ swiftly. mitting its citizens to be trampled under- | | know, sessiveness and Constance now has no opportunity to explain, Chapter 26 ‘Only One Explanation’ ‘HE dance had ended and John had taken her to @ remote cor- | ner: of the room. She couldn’t leavé him without seeming rude. She had no excuse. No one in the room was interested in her. John had the attitude of a man who had staked a claim and defied anyone to trespass. 4 Later, tomorrow, after she had talked to Pedro, she would tell John he must not consider her won. She would never marry him. She couldn’t tell him here. Dance after dance in John’s arms, or pleading weariness seat- ed beside John. Don and Pedro exchanged Nadine and Donna. And then John must ask for his duty dance with his hostess. Pedro was beside her the mo- ment John left. The stringed or- chestra started the melody Josefa had sung, and Constance won- dered if they could have been prompted by Pedro. His first re- mark discouraged the thought. “You might tell Mr. Raskthorne that he doesn’t need to act as a bodyguard. No one is going to kidnap you.” “Damn civilization,” whispered’ Constance. For a moment Pedro’s arms tightened about her, then relaxed. “Right,” he agreed. “Civilized women love with their heads. It | looks as though you'd already won your battle.” “Pedro, you don’t understand -.- . Please, dance back in the shadows ... you must give me a chance to explain, I can’t here.” “There is only one explanation you can give; only one I’ll accept. I won't ask you to do it the diffi- cult way, by making an an- nouncement before these people, but, after the others are asleep, meet me outside. We'll take Meg, drive to San Francisco, file our intention to wed, then three days later we'll settle our problem for all time. Will you do this, Mi- chael?” Settle their question for all time! Constance dared to think of what his plan would mean; the drive south with Pedro, with the right to sit in the curve of his arm. Days in San Francisco, the hilarity of the three of them as Meg took them sightseeing in her beloved home city. And then, at the end of the three days, their marriage. But what would it mean? John’s pride would be hurt be- yond redemption. She didn’t wouldn’t blame him if, having violated her agreement, he called in his loan. Téo much of it was already spent. He’d have to take over the ranch .. . and under such circumstances he would never And Ped , the earnest, kindly man, what of him and his wife and their children? And what of the ranch, incom- plete, neither a cattle nor 2 dairy ranch. “Pedro!!” For a moment Con- stance rested her head against his shoulder, then lifted it. “I can’t!” Her voice was hoarse in its renun- ciation, “I can’t, Pedro; that’s what I have to explain. I can’t tell you here, Pedro—” “I understand already,” he an- swered through stiff lips. “You bargained in love all right. John Raskthorne is backing you be- cause you taught him to love you. And ! have been working my fool head off to make your ranch a success because you taught me to love you... or perhaps I didn’t need teaching “You've gone right down the line, from Judge Franck to Father. You turn on your charm until we out-do ourseiv fice ourselves to help you and for what?” ‘A Wonderful Lesson’ 'ONSTANCE wondered had _ signaled if he would have realized they had stopped before it was complete. Pedro took her back to her iso-| io just in time to hear the last lated corner, bowed slightly “The shrewd little Michael Mahoney. he said Constance | on- earned just derful lesson e love of a man can how much . , Was Jonn. ave given her up who had never to the Taytors. | Sacri+ | A jtouched Pancho with the musicians. | Only one who knew the melody | rear hip pockets. “Lammy!” “Miss Constance, and on a ‘orse, now if h’l ’ad a ’orse—” for you and we'll ride away and have a grand pow-wow; only quiet, we don’t want anyone else, do we?” Watching Lamson’s long swing over the mare she’d helped him to saddle, she realized that if worst came to worst, Lamson would only have to lock his feet around the saddle girth and re- main on top for eternity. They went on a quick trot away from the stables toward the hills. Ahead of them the redwoods stood out against the rose-flushed sky, choruses of birds sang hopefully for the coming of the sun, already shining on the ocean behind them. “Now,” prompted Constance, family decided to come out, why, and what they left behind them. And Lammy, be honest with me. “Tm carrying a large load, and knowing what I have to face means so much.” “Miss Constance, h’l—” “Lammy, I have to know for their sake.” Lamson sighed. “H’it was a matter of credit, Miss Constance. There wasn’t any. You see, they’d gotten in the way of letting you pay the rent and groceries and they ’adn’t figured the cost, and after the rent was three months due the owner suggested they | they could move save a ‘otel, and the ‘otels asked for an h’advance.” Cold Water ONSTANCE nodded. “And re did they find the money e the cross country trip?” +a... well « to be frank, Miss Constance, Mister John said as ’ow ’e’d pay the way, Wif they’d bring ’im.” Constance nodded. “So you stayed in the best hotels and had a grand time crossing? How did you keep up with them in my car, Lammy?” “They stayed over ‘ere and there to let me catch h’up.” “How long is Mister John in- tending to remain, did he say?” “CE didn’t say, Miss Constance, but h’I h’over’eard 'e’d put a manager in his office and would stay on ’ere, h’indefinitely. Mrs. Cabrillo said we'd ‘ave no cause to worry h’about expenses as long as Mister John remained.” Constance gave a short, bitter laugh. So they’d made a deal, | those two, her mother and John. | John would assume their expenses as long as he was at El Cabrillo. She should be relieved. She had been worrying about fifteen house guests over the week end, and plans for other parties the whole summer long. Oh, what was the matter with jdoing this_to help her win? Couldn’t she appreciate it? She pulled upon a low summit |and looked down over the ranch. |Long fingers of sunlight were now touching the different cen- ters, the low white barns, the manager’s house . . . she looked away from that quickly ... and back to the barns. | And then she looked again. The cows should be in pasture at this hour, but they weren’t. ‘ “There’s a man who sits ‘is saddle,” prated Lamson proudly. “H'l say, look what "c’s doing?” Constance was looking. Eyes ; wide and mouth open she was watching Pedro jump from his saddle, pull another horseman | from his; take him by the back {of the collar to the trough, and | hold his head under it while he | pumped water. | Now he was applying the toe | of his boot to the drenched rider’s trousers. A second horse ambled up, the rider lolling over the saddle horn. Pedro made a lunge for him, | yanked him off and dragged him to the trough “Come Lammy,” she her heels and Pancho sprang ahead. She drew up at the fence, tossed Pancho’s reins over his head, vaulted the fence and came on, of Pedro's curses. “What's wrong?” she asked. Pedro wheeled. “Plenty! We kip noon milking today because se hombres were drunk last ght. They were celebrating the | arrival of the Cabrillos. | might . if this ranch means any- you, that you do not give keys to the wine cellar to the man that asks for them.” .. they’re in my desk Constance stopped and bit happens if ed. Who is that " “Then see if he can be trusted with cows. Does he know any- anything abou Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen preme Court, maintaining right of citizen of one State to sue in Su- “Come on, Lammy, I'll find one | leg | “tell me all about it; how the | move. There wasn’t any place | | her? Didn’t she realize John was | Upwards of $100,000 in Monroe on sale a 30-day auction breach of contract. Rae : 1855—National convention of then powerful Know-Nothing Party, so-called _ because mem- bers cldimed they knew nothing here Friday of delinquent tax reecipts. There will be ‘no actual. “cry- jing’ of tax certificates, despite of its secret proceedings. the fact they aré.to be sold. at ries auction. Instead,, Clerk Ross; 1g61—Jefferson Davis inaugu- Sawyer will receive and file all ated Confederate President in bids received each day. When thé yontgomery. office closes in the afternoon, he will go through the bids filed that day and accept : joffer made for each piece jproperty for which a legal offer had been made. Miss Louise Ketchum will lead Epworth League members Sun- iday “Hard Ti ” so- ‘cial. 1892—National Real Estate As- sociation formed at Nashville, Tenn. 1908—Patent for the “audion”, or vacuum tube, granted Lee de Forest. 1920—The Allies give Germany to mid-July to reduce its army to 100,000 men. 1935—U.S. Supreme Court finds Government's gold legisla- tion constitutional. | The site to be occupied by 500 Guardsmen to train al one and this year >» most prof- of the 265th tre should be jitable in the regiment. it is declared by na- itional guard officers who visited there yesterday and toda | 1939—The Golden Gate Inter- Exposition opens at ure Island, Calif. |Monroe county waters this sea- son was landed this morning by Vercl Roberts at Perky. The tarpon weighed 72% pounds and measured more than x feet from tip to tip. It was caught in the river’ which con- nects Sugarloaf Sound with the open sea, Lieut.-Col J H. state property and = disbu officer, M. R. Wood-! officer of the Capt. Web- instructor-in- iment, r hed to inspect th re ster F. spector for tl the city yester ;camp site. Mrs. J. D. Roberts was turning passenger on the after- noon train from Miami, where e has been visiting with rela- a re- Seventy-seven 1 yesterday over passeng the high- transported 134 motor- ists during the day, 57 of them) enroute north. Motor vehicles handled on the ferries of 44 automobiles. two two trucks and a trailer. The Citizen, said: | “The management of Muscle Shoals demonstra the utter jhopelessness of having any con- {siderable business enterprise con- ucted by the congress’, said Cal- ;vin Coolidge, in one of his copy- jrighted articles | “‘For the United States to go \into the elec business would jbe a great misuse of its power jand involve it in all kinds of po- | litical abuses’. Mr. Cooldge then jrecommended that Muscle Shoals \be disposed of to private inter- ‘ests with suitable restrictions”. in an editorial, For Rea! Purity For Real Economy For Real Service Monroe county has_ received $16,784.46 as its share of the 741,255.16 collected by the state ;motor vehicle license department up until January, it -was an- jnounced today The distributions were: $224,- 475.31 to the motor vehicle li- ieense expense fund; $177,999.77 to state road maintenance; $891,- 783.30 to the €7 counties of the state. and $2,442.999.78 to state roads gest tarpon caught in Do your traveling by bus and save money, time and $a) energy! With bus fares less than the cos? of driving you can go farther, more often and in greater comfort by Florida Motor Lines and Greyhound streamline buses. NEW YORK « CHICAGO « DETROIT LIMITED Three deluxe streamliner buses daily to Mew York and the East. Two deluxe streamiiners daily to Chicage, Detreit, and Cinciamatl. All seats reserved in advance. steward service. MO iccal stops. hours saved over regular schedules. $1.00 extea fare. 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